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GRIVETTI v. ILLINOIS STATE ELECTORAL BOARD

Nos. 71 C 1955, 71 C 2056, 71 C 2203, 71 C 2245, 71 C 2392, 71 C 2497.

335 F.Supp. 779 (1971)

John A. GRIVETTI, Jr., et al. v. ILLINOIS STATE ELECTORAL BOARD et al. INDEPENDENT VOTERS OF ILLINOIS et al. v. John W. LEWIS et al. VILLAGE OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS et al. v. John W. LEWIS et al. VILLAGE OF OAK PARK et al. v. John W. LEWIS et al. CITY OF EVANSTON et al. v. John W. LEWIS et al. VILLAGE OF SKOKIE et al. v. John W. LEWIS et al.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

December 10, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack M. Siegel, Chicago, Ill., for Village of Arlington Heights and City of Evanston.

John A. Grivetti, Jr., Peru, Ill., pro se.

Arthur C. Thorpe, Chicago, Ill., for Village of Oak Park.

Harvey Schwartz, Skokie, Ill., for Village of Skokie.

Edgar Bernhard, Joseph R. Lundy, Chicago, Ill., for Independent Voters of Ill.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen. of Ill., by Robert A. Tingler, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Ill., Chicago, Ill., for defendant.

Jerome H. Torshen, Chicago, Ill., for Ill. Redistricting Comm.

Peter Fitzpatrick, Chicago, Ill., for Alan Dixon, Treasurer, Michael Howlett, Auditor of Public Accounts, James Ronan, Ill. State Chairman, Democratic Party, all as ex officio members of the Ill. State Electoral Bd.

Before SPRECHER, Circuit Judge, and AUSTIN and NAPOLI, District Judges.

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

These six consolidated cases prayed for the convening of a three-judge court under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2281 and 2284 for the purpose of (1) holding either that Article IV, section 3(b) of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois, S.H.A., providing for the appointment of a legislative redistricting commission, is unconstitutional or that the commission appointed thereunder is without constitutional authority to redistrict or that the...

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